Yaghlakar

The Yaghlakar were a clan of Uyghurs that led the Uyghur Khaganate of Mongolia from 744 to 795, preceding the Ediz dynasty.

== History =

The Yaghlakar clan was a clan of Tengri Uyghurs from the Tarim Basin, and their first ruler was Khan Qutlugh I of Mongolia. Qutlugh and his dynasty reigned over the Uyghur Khaganate until 795, when Khan Qutlugh II of Mongolia died without any children and Khan Qutlugh III of Mongolia of the Ediz clan took over. The Yaghlakar were both Tengri and Manichaean at times, but their successors would be mostly Manichaean.